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| Unselfish regard for the welfare of others |
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| Frustration-Aggression Principle |
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| The principle that when a person is unable to accomplish a goal, their irritation may cause them to lash out in anger |
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| The tendency to favor the group(s) you belong to |
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| An unjustifiable, usually negative attitude toward a particular group and its members |
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| The study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another |
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| Cognitive Dissonance Theory |
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| The theory that we take actions to reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent with each other |
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| The principle that a person will perform better or worse in the presence of others, depending on their comfort level with the task being performed. |
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| The enhancement of a group’s prevailing attitudes through discussion within the group |
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| A generalized belief about a group of people |
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| The tendency of people to believe that people get what they deserve. |
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| The theory that prejudice provides an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame |
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| The phenomenon which states that a person’s appreciation for novel stimuli will increase through repeated exposure |
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| Fundamental Attribution Error |
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| The tendency for observers, when analyzing another’s behavior, to underestimate the power of the situation and to overestimate the power of personal disposition |
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| Foot-in-the-door Phenomenon |
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| The tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request |
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| An understood rule for accepted or expected behavior |
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| The loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity |
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| Any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy |
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| The tendency for any given person to be less likely to give aid if other people are present |
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| Adjusting one’s behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard |
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| The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable |
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| the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition |
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| The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another. |
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| The theory that we tend to give a casual explanation for someone’s behavior; often by crediting either the situation or the person’s disposition. |
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| A belief and feeling that predisposes one to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events. |
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| A set of expectations about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave. |
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| Normative Social Influence |
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| Influence resulting from a person’s desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval. |
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| Informational Social Influence |
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| Influence resulting from one’s willingness to accept others’ opinions about reality. |
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| The mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives. |
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| The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next. |
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| The buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies. |
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| A set of expected behaviors for males and for females. |
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| A perceived incompatibility of actions, goals, or ideas. |
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| A situation in which the conflicting parties, by rationally pursuing their self-interests, become caught in mutually destructive behavior. |
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| An aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship. |
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| The deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined. |
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| A condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it. |
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| Revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others. |
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| The theory that our social behavior is an exchange process, the aim of which is to maximize benefits and minimize costs. |
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| Shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation. |
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| Graduated and Reciprocated Initiatives in Tension-Reduction- a strategy designed to decrease international tensions. |
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